A robust and highly rated
young midfielder from Hertha Berlin, Kevin-Prince
Boateng joined Spurs in the summer of 2007 for a fee
somewhere around £5.4 million.
Two days later he married his fiancee Jenny to cap a
memorable week.

At 17 he was a fixture in
the reserve side at Hertha, who played in a regional league, with
Kevin playing 18 games and scoring nine goals.

Breaking into the main
side at an early age, Boateng made 43 appearances for
the Bundesliga side scoring four times, but his
reputation was borne out of his no-nonsense approach to
tackling in midfield and his ability to break forward
into attack. It was his performances for the
German Under-21 side which caught the eye and before
that with the goal he scored from inside the centre
circle against Greece in the European U19 Championships
in 2005.

Spurs were in competition
with Sevilla for his signing, but his dream of playing
in the Premier League won him over to Spurs. His
first season was not impressive, with his appearances in
the first team looking as though he hadn't picked up the
pace or style of the Premier League, but his best game
came in the away win at Portsmouth.

Rumours in the summer of
2008 linked him with a move to VfB Stuttgart either on
loan or in a permanent move. While he featured in
he pre-season games leading up to the start of the
2009-20 season, his only involvement was as a sub in the
League Cup game against Doncaster Rovers, just two days
before he was sold to Portsmouth for £4 million.

Starred in the club's
progress to the FA Cup Final in 2010, but had a penalty
saved as they lost 0-1 to Chelsea and the club were
relegated amidst major financial issues. Boateng
was selected to play for Ghana in the 2010 World Cup
Finals and did well for his country as they reached the
quarter-finals. His good form for his adopted
nation and the fact that Portsmouth were in the
Championship and in desperate straits financially lead
to the midfielder signing for Genoa of Italy, from where
he immediately went on loan to AC Milan. Shortly
afterwards, the Milan owner revealed that the deal was
to co-own the player with Genoa.

His father was Ghanaian
and his mother German, but he declined the opportunity to play for Ghana
in favour of Germany.

What they said about Kevin-Prince Boateng

Martin Jol ... 31.07.2007 (BBC
Sport football website)

"In
Germany he is regarded as one of the biggest talents, we
recognised this and went in for him," Spurs boss Martin Jol
told the club website.

"You could compare him with the likes
of Aaron Lennon and Tom Huddlestone in that he is an
exciting player for now and the future.
He is an attacking midfield player, very strong and that is one of his
main assets

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What Kevin-Prince Boateng said

09.08.2007 (Football 365 website)

One of his
tattoos is of his wife carrying a gun, and he joked: "It was
when I told her the honeymoon was in Tottenham !!"